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Meaning of handholdless | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Usually of a man: having never held hands with a member of the opposite sex.
    Internet, not-comparable
  2. Lacking a handhold ("a projection that one may hold onto for support").
    literally, not-comparable, rare

Examples

“We meet James, a "kissless, hugless, handholdless virgin" (or KHHV in incel parlance) from County Down, Northern Ireland, who says he's an incel because his insecurities, anxiety, mental health problems and troubled upbringing stood in the way of his ability to form relationships with women.”
“One false move and I'm down the slope on a mudslide, a gangly pebble in a debris flow, over a short, straight, handholdless twenty-foot drop into the flood, and whisked away into nothingness.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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